Site history

Why a fort at Chambly? The first wooden fort was built as a defence post in the wars between the French and the Iroquois in New France in the second half of the 17th century. A stone fort was later built during the English-French conflict that was to follow.

• Samuel de Champlain: the French arrive at Chambly
• Soldiers and Militia
• Soldiers... and customs officers during peace time
• The Conquest: part of a World War
• The British at Fort Chambly
• A British military base at Chambly in 1812